Armatus and Arowana?

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mareshow

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just wondering anyones thoughts on this pair, as i'm selling most of my aros i'd like to keep one but just wondering if anyone has successfully kept them with aros?
 
You are just going to have two fish in the tank? That's what you are planning. How big is your tank and is it a bare tank or do you have places for fish to hide?
 
Where did you get the Armatus? I have one with two Black Arowanas,stingrays,pikes,mbu puffer with no problems. It's about 16" long!
 
mareshow said:
no i'd like to get one lol but i dunno where any ideas?
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Goodluck! I tried to find some more and all I could get a hold of was two Hydrolycus tatauaia. I am picking them up on Thursday and these where even hard to get!
 
I can sometimes get armatus in, but they are usually pretty small (6") and I have to order a butt load of them for it to be worth it. I know I can't sell 30 + armatus. Otherwise they are pretty cheap.
 
JMorash said:
I can sometimes get armatus in, but they are usually pretty small (6") and I have to order a butt load of them for it to be worth it. I know I can't sell 30 + armatus. Otherwise they are pretty cheap.
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I can't understand how you can't sell 30 + Armatus as I always get asked where to get them or if I am selling mine. I bought five 3 inchers for $50 each from the U.S. last year. Nobody seems to be able to match this price. If I had a way to get 30 Armatus for a decent price I would be able to sell them here out West.
 
Because I'm on the east coast, no one buys stuff like that here. And although someone in Ontario might want three and someone in BC might want four unless there is enough people in one area to but like 10 I just don't see the purpose of going through all the trouble to order fish, QT them, re pack them and so fourth. It's nothing personal, I just know the business. Everyone wanted Cuban gars, so I ordered like 50. I had enough requests to sell 100 if everyone who asked for one wanted to buy one. Then when I finally got them and was planning to sell them at a very reasonable price ($100 for 8") I could only find confirmed buyers for 15 fish. And I use confirmed buyers loosely. Same thing happened with Azuls. I've had access to huge amounts of Azuls for years. That's why I've kept so many personally. Everyone bugged me about how I could get them so cheap. I offered to bringing them in to sell for about $50-$60 a pop and no one bit. It's honestly nothing personal. Simply business. I've lost too much money going out on a limb and buying larges amounts of large predatory fish, then just sitting on it. The market just isn't there yet. That's why I stick to discus, apistos, plecos and tetras to sell.
 
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